Genesis 4:19

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And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

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In other translations

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.And Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah.

Hebrew words

וַיִּקַּח־vaiyikach-and he tookH3947לוֹlofor <the> himselfלֶמֶךְlemekhLamechH3929שְׁתֵּיsheteitwoH8147נָשִׁיםnashimwivesH802שֵׁםshem[the] name ofH8034הָאַחַתha'achatthe oneH259עָדָה'adah[was] AdahH5711וְשֵׁםveshemand [the] name ofH8034הַשֵּׁנִיתhashenitthe secondH8145צִלָּה׃tzilah[was] ZillahH6741

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Related verses

Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
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And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Matthew 19:8
He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.
Matthew 19:4-6
⁴ And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, ⁵ And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? ⁶ Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.⁴ Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ ⁵ and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? ⁶ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

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Topics

Polygamy

People and places

People: Adah (Genesis 4), Lamech (son of Methushael), Zillah